Oct. 2, 2018
09:59 pm JST

gokai_wo_manekuToday 07:50 am JST

Can this actually be called a "warship"? Japan does not have a military and cannot engage in war (per the constitution). The SDF is part of the police agency.

No it's not. While the JSDF's original predecessor was the National Police Reserve formed in 1950, it became reorganized as the National Safety Force in 1952. in 1954 it came under the control of the National Defense Board. It then became under the Defense Agency then Defense Ministry.